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June 14, 2006

AMA Politburo Lays Down the Law

Posted by Dave Blount at June 14, 2006 5:47 PM

The AMA's nanny state plans for us don't stop with their proposed soda pop sin tax. Gems emerging from their annual meeting in Chicago yesterday also include:

• Forcing people at a certain income level to buy insurance.
• Reducing the salt in processed and restaurant foods by 50% over the next decade.
• Having the FDA revoke salt's "safe" status and pass regulations to limit its use.
• Insisting that campus health clinics and counselors "improve their skills" in meddling in the lives of students who drink (which would be pretty much all of them).

But there is some good news. A resolution calling for Soviet-style price controls on prescription drugs was defeated, even though its supporters squealed that the drug companies whose research allows doctors to save so many lives make "excessive profits" by charging fair market prices for their products.

Hat tip: William